What 𘖧 means
𘖧 means “needle”; its reconstructed reading is ɣa¹.
Invented for the Western Xia (Xixia) empire and modeled on Chinese characters, Tangut looks Chinese but is not; it carried government, legal, and Buddhist writing.
Dated records run from a 1072 official document to a 1502 inscription, then the script died out; as of 2026 no other gloss is established.
Not an emoji and not Chinese; without a Tangut font it shows as a box.
Sent alone, it arrives as an empty box; the “needle” never lands.
Who writes 𘖧
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𘖧 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𘖧
- Search it as
- needle · tangut needle · ɣa¹ · xixia needle · 185a7
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𘖧\185A7Codes and encoding1 code points
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